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Poll-3 Questions - RESULTS and WINNERS
Poll-3 Questions - RESULTS and WINNERS
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Noodles
135 posts
Jul 21, 2012
6:24 PM
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SURVEY RESULTS
In a completely unscientific poll, participants were asked 3 seemingly simple, but perhaps revealing questions. Here’s what we learned:
TOTAL RESPONSES: 87
What is your preferred genre?
78 % of respondents stated that “Blues” was their preferred music genre.
22% were non-Blues, including everything from Jazz to Acid Rock.
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What motivated you to start playing harp in the first place?
54% said their motivation was a “Specific player or Band.”
25% cited personal or sentimental reasons to start playing
15% like the sound of a harp. Perhaps we can infer expressiveness and emotionality.
6% chose to play harp because they like the portability of the instrument
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What is your preferred harmonica?
Overall, voting indicated the following:
54% of us cite Hohner as the “preferred” manufacturer. In fact Hohner superseded all other manufacturers combined, including:
Suzuki (20%) of total votes
Seydel (11%) of total votes
Lee Oscars (8%) of total votes
Bushman (2%) of total votes
Hering (1%) of total votes
B-Radical (1%) of total votes
Unndecideds (no preferences) were 2% of total votes
Broken down by Manufacturer and Model we can learn a bit more.
HOHNER
The Classic Marine Band was the big winner as the most preferred harp by Hohner, grabbing 32%, (1/3) of all Hohner votes. This includes OOTB and Customized versions.
Special 20s ranked as the #2 Hohner, at 26%, (1/4) of all Hohner votes.
Closely behind was the Crossover at 21%, (1/5) of all Hohner votes.
Marine Band Deluxe came next at 13%, (1/8) of all Hohner votes.
Lastly, Golden Melody tied with Blues Harps at 4% (1/25) of Hohner votes.
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SUZUKI
Manjis took 53% of the Suzuki vote
ProMaster and Blues Masters tied at 12%
Hammond, Pure harps, Firebreath and Olives all tied at 6%
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SEYDEL
The Seydel 1847 was the big winner, capturing 90% (9/10) of Seydel.
2nd was the Soloist Pro at 10%, (1/10) of the Seydel vote
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LEE OSCARS
There is no breakdown for LO. But, LO came in just behind Manjis and Seydell 1847 in actual votes.
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BUSHMAN
Bushman received only 2 votes. 1 for Soul’s Voice and 1 vote for Delta Frost
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HERING
The Hering 1923 received only 1 vote
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B-RADICAL
B-Rads received one vote
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MBH TOP 5 PICKS
1. Hohner Classic Marine Band
2. Hohner Special 20s
3. Hohner Crossover (by a very thin margin over Seydel and Suzuki)
4. Seydel 1847 or Suzuki Manji
Last Edited by on Jul 21, 2012 6:26 PM
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eharp
1900 posts
Jul 21, 2012
7:13 PM
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wow!
nothing like expected news!
i was hoping for some sleeper.
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nacoran
6000 posts
Jul 21, 2012
7:26 PM
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It's an interesting breakdown, but I bet a lot of people haven't played a lot of the harps. I know I haven't. I've only played one Seydel (which I love), and no Suzukis or Herings, or a Bushman, or for that matter B-Rads. It would be interesting to see a larger data set that someone controlled for which harps people had played. (Maybe a huge list of harp models rated 1-10 by anyone who has tried that model, maybe even broken down further into sound, comfort, customizability, playability, excluding price, etc).
It looks like a big win for the Just and Compromised harps over ET.
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SuperBee
438 posts
Jul 21, 2012
9:13 PM
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yep Nate, i sure haven't played a lot of them. if i had unlimited funds maybe i would. but marine bands do the job, i know what i'm dealing with. mbd is nicer for sure but the classic works fine..and its so easy to pop those covers off...theres nothing quite so convenient as those nailed covers. just so long as you dont need to remove the plates...
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laurent2015
335 posts
Jul 22, 2012
7:04 PM
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"just so long as you dont need to remove the plates"
Yes.
Actually, the nails are the second thing you could bend with that harp!
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